Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-17
News Notes.

News Notes.
s.. C. B. Woodhead is erecting a large
brick warehouse at the corner of Virg in
and San Fernando street.
The Sheriff received telephone mes.
sage yesterday that another of the es.
capes had been captured at Spadra.
Nothing has been heard of Ell. Ham
mond, Dad Briefly, the smallpox or
Assemblyman Knox for rearly week.
Placard on q wine store-"New white
wine-good for oysters" Not very in
iviting to customers that. Let the oysters
bay It.
The new Ahrens engine "Walter s.
Moore" will be tested tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock at the Beaudry water
hole on Alameda street.
e Orchard planting is now more active
than during any other period of the
season. The orange trees in nursery
are becoming very scarce.
The lumber for the 300 foot extension
of the freight depot of the Southern Pa
cifio Company in this city is on the
ground, and the carpenters com menced
work yesterday.
The recent rains have wrought most
astonishing change in the appearance Of
the grain and grass crop. Grass is max
ing a marvellous growth and the grain
crop promises to be immense.
Matrimonial agency advertisement
ga young lady of eighteen years, hand.
some. highly educated, thoroughly con.
versant with eight tongues, and knowing
how to hold her own when requisite"
Owing to lack of fshplates for
uniting the rails of the track between
Lordsburg and Gladstone, the line be-
tween Pasadena and San Bernardino,
was not connected on Friday as ex.
pected, but will be done speedily.
Willie Childs wants it understood that
he is not the young Childs mentioned in
the Lynoh-vandever contest as receiv'
ing money on election day. 1t is hardly
necessary to give this explanation as
everybody knows it wasn't Willie.
E. G. Burlingame. the contractor,
states that on Monday he will com.
mence track.laying on the Mclaughlin
Dummy Road. He has the levee nearly
completed from Mission street to First
Atreet, and is confident it will stand the
rnyages of the next food.
Chaplain G. G. Mullins. late Superin-
-tsndent of Instruction in the United
States army, and author OF several re-
igious and literary works, is in the city
and will preach at the Christian church,
on Temple street. to-day. bo th morn ipg
and evening.
T. Z. Rowan, Jr., is now engaged IN
the insurance business. under the intelli
gent direction of w. j. Brodrick. Tom
my takes after his father in pleasing
address, and most obdurate must be the
owner of insurable property who does
mot succumb to his persuasive eloquence.
Tom Warden, of San Bernardino
started on Friday for Globe, Arizona,
with warrant for the supposed Spring
er, whose arrest was mentioned in the
HERALD dispatches yesterday. Tom is
a brave and experienced officer and has
minute description of Springer in his
pocket.
The Los Angeles and Black Diamond
teams will play on the Sixth street
grounds to-day. The clubs have been
greatly strengthened, and will give a
good exhibition of baseball playing. The
two teams have offered to play a game
some day this week for the benent OF
the Flower Festival Society.
Yesterday afternoon Captain Charles
J. Sketchley, of the Ostrich Farm, and
Miss Manuella, the daughter of A. Pack.
ard. ESQ.,, were united in m arriage in
this city. Rev. Henry Scott j effreys, of
the Episcopal Church, perfor med the
ceremony. The HERALD wishes the gal
lant Captain and his charming bride all
the good luck and happiness po ssible.
Our friend, Col. Chalmers Scott, is
always alert for San Diego and misses no
opportunity to exalt the value of lots in
his favorite city. We met him yester.
day and asked him if it was true that
they charged five dollars for sig ht at
their best lots there. "Yes," said the
Colonel, providing you don't linger'
If you linger, it is sure to cost you few
thousands, for. you know. no fellow can
help buying after looking"
Asa E. Putney has sued Louis Mess
mer for Sl77l.95. Putney alleges that
In 1885 be contracted to bore an artesian
well for Mr.. Messmer back of the United
States Hotel, at stated price per foot.
Putney put the we'll down to depth of
g03 feet, and he alleges that Messmer
then refused to furnish more power and
material and the work stepped. He
says that Messmer owes him the above
amount. Evidently the artesian belt
does not run back of the United States
Hotel.
pATnWTN'x HORSES